Abraham McCLELLAN

(1789-1866)

McCLELLAN, Abraham, a
Representative from Tennessee; born at “White Top,” on
Beaver Creek, Sullivan County, Tenn., October 4, 1789; attended the
common schools and was graduated from Washington (Tenn.) College;
engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of
representatives 1823-1825, 1827-1829; served in the State senate
1829-1833; member of the convention to revise the State
constitution in 1834; member of the Second Regiment, Second
Brigade, Tennessee Mounted Volunteer Militia, in 1836 and 1837
during the Seminole War; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth,
Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3,
1843); resumed agricultural pursuits; died at his home,
“White Top,” in Sullivan County, Tenn., May 3, 1866;
interment in Weavers Cemetery, near Bristol, Tenn.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present